Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Indians
June 29, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 29, 1956 at Cleveland Stadium. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Chicago White Sox 13, Cleveland Indians 2

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Rivera rf 4 3 3 2
Fox 2b 6 3 3 2
Minoso lf 4 1 2 3
Doby cf 6 1 3 2
Philley 1b 3 0 0 2
  Dropo 1b 0 0 0 0
Lollar c 5 1 1 0
  Moss c 1 0 0 0
Hatfield 3b 5 1 2 1
Aparicio ss 5 2 2 1
Pierce p 4 1 0 0
Totals 43 13 16 13
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Avila 2b 4 0 0 0
Woodling lf 1 0 0 0
  Mele ph,lf 1 0 1 2
Smith rf 4 0 2 0
Rosen 3b 2 0 0 0
  Strickland 3b 1 0 0 0
Wertz 1b 3 0 0 0
  Ward 1b 1 0 1 0
Busby cf 4 0 0 0
Carrasquel ss 3 0 0 0
Hegan c 1 1 0 0
  Averill c 2 0 0 0
Lemon p 0 0 0 0
  Daley p 1 0 0 0
  McLish p 1 1 0 0
  Mitchell ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 4 2
Chicago 040 250 02013161
Cleveland 000 020 000241
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Pierce  W(12-2) 9.0 4 2 2 7 10
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
7
10
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Lemon  L(9-5) 1.2 6 4 4 1 1
  Daley   2.2 5 7 6 2 3
  McLish   4.2 5 2 2 2 1
Totals
9.0
16
13
12
5
5

  E–Philley (10), Rosen (3).  DP–Chicago 1. Fox-Aparicio-Philley.  2B–Chicago Rivera 2 (10,off Lemon,off McLish); Fox (14,off Lemon)., Cleveland Ward (5,off Pierce).  3B–Chicago Hatfield (1,off Lemon).  SF–Philley (4,off McLish).  HBP–Minoso 2 (15,by Lemon,by Daley); Rivera (2,by Daley)..  Team LOB–12.  Team–8.  SB–Aparicio (5,2nd base off Lemon/Hegan).  CS–Philley (4,2nd base by McLish/Averill).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Bill Summers, 2B–Bill McKinley, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–2:56.  A–34,371.
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